Releasing device



(No Model.)

W. H. NBUN.

RELEASING DEVIGE.

No. 344,674. Patented June 29, 1886.

WITNESSES IJV VEJVTOR UNITE WILLIAM H. NEUN, OF GRENOLA, KANSAS.

RELEASING DEVICE.

SPEQIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 344,67 t, dated June29, 1886.

Application filed March 81, 1886. Serial No. 197,245. INC model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. NEUN, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Grenola, in the county of Ell; and State of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Releasing-Devices; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specificationand in which- L Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my improvedhitching device applied, and Fig. 2 is a similar view,on an enlargedscale,of the device.

, Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both thefigures.

My invention has relation to that class of hitching devices to beapplied in stables or barns for simultaneously releasing all the stocktied up in the several stalls in case of an accident; and it consists inthe improved construction and combination of parts of the same, ashereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates a base-plate, whichmay be socured to the wall or front partition of the stall at anyconvenient place, and this plate is formed with two transverselyperforatedlugs, B B, in which slides a bolt, 0, havingone end D turnedup and provided with two perforations, E and F. The ring G,to which theanimal is tied by means of any suitable halter strap or chain, is placedupon the bolt between the two perforated lugs, and is designed to remainupon the bolt excepting when all the stock is to be released, and twowires, H and I,are secured with their endsin the perforationsin theupwardly-turned end of the bolt and are connected, respectively, toaspring,

J, and to a handle,K, the spring drawing the bolt into the perforationsin the lugs. \Vhen a number of the devices are placed in a line, thespring is secured at one end of the row of stalls, and the handle issecured at the other end of the row, passing through a perforation inthe wall of the stable or barn, or through a partition within the sameat a convenient place, where access may be had in case ofa fire or otheraccident with ease and without danger.

The several devices are connected by the wires, the wire extendingtoward the spring being secured at its other end to the perfora tion inthe bolt farthest from the spring. and it will be seen, that the springwill hold all the bolts within the perforated ears, while a pull uponthe handle will draw all the bolts in the perforated lugs, releasing allthe rings simultaneously, and allowing the stock to run out of theirstalls.

Having thus described myinvention I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States.

The combination, in a hitching device,of a base-plate having twotransverselyperforated ears, a bolt sliding in the perforated ears, andhaving one end turned up and provided with two perforations, wiressecured at their ends in the perforations of the turned-up end, a ringplaced upon the bolt between the ears, and aspring at the end of onewire drawing the bolt into the perforations in the lugs, and a handle atthe end of the other wire, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VVILLTAM H. NEUN.

IVitncsses:

J AMES 0. SMITH, SANFORD H. BOLINGER,

